The actor who comes from Ballymena, in County Antrim, plays the key role of Jedi Master Gui Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace.

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The GUI will support English, German, French and Spanish languages for both GUI text as well as meta-data from the iPod and other streaming media.

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Gui Becker and Kelly Zamudio from Cornell University in the US analysed statistics on amphibian decline in Brazil, Costa Rica and Australia, and found that chytrid appears to do more damage in pristine forests than in lands that have been cleared or otherwise modified by human hands.

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In 1997, aged 32, she moved back to Beijing from New York, joining a steady trickle of returnees (the Chinese call them hai gui or sea-turtles): young, western-educated professionals keen to apply their new skills in their own country, and to get rich.

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The on screen GUI also provides access to your phone's contact list and allows you to place calls directly from the unit.

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